smother something in/with something

Examples of smothered

smothered

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Six of these are named in the analysis as acquisition prospects good companies smothered by debt.
Then her pitch dropped suddenly, as she repeated "nice teddy" in a deep baritone, and without warning, smothered the baby's face with the large bear.
Farmers reported that less weeding was required in the intercrop as the horsegram smothered weeds.
However, it is a pity that such an interesting debate as this should be smothered under a blanket of timorousness.
It is clear that sporocysts smothered in haemocytes will survive well so long as the haemocytes come from susceptible snails.
It is smothered deep in layers of salt and rust.
This helps avoid the senior clinicians' feeling smothered by the latest technological advances in basic sciences.
The large-seeded species also appeared to be favoured by increasing the depth of the leaf litter, while smaller seeds were inhibited or smothered by deeper litter.
This tined implement does not invert the soil so weeds are not buried in the inter-row nor are those in the crop row smothered with soil.
They smothered it in its infancy and then threw it overboard.
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